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I had it really badly for as long as I can remember and tried every cream out there which often worked short term. I recently cut out dairy and it's cleared up completely, I'm hoping this is the answer for me but time will tell.

Both DDs have it, but DD1's has always been very mild and I think she may actually have outgrown it now (4 years next month).

DD2 had it more severe and required several trips to the doctors with infections. We tried every cream going. Cetraben, bathing once a week, and avoiding the sun amd too much heat kept it down, but nothing really worked. Now at 16 months, her skin just feels a bit rough or bumpy to touch, but she doesn't have the sore, itchy, visible eczema she once had. I hope it's gone for good!

Hi. My lb has eczema. It's well controlled with child farm moisturiser and occasionally steroid cream on his wrists. I had mild eczema as a child and still have sensitive skin. My husband had bad eczema but that's totally resolved. My son has a peanut allergy too. Xxx

My DD (dear daughter) has it hers got really bad last November/December which tied in with weaning, change in formula to follow on and of course colder weather, we did cut out dairy in the end which seems to have helped and have recently been reintroducing it (she's now 18 months) but as soon as we get to yogurts she starts to flare up so it's a tough one as the colder weather comes I may just stop where we are as could lead to confusion!

Treatment wise we love aveeno but will use epaderm ointment if she gets v dry skin, steroid wise we had to use eumovate quite regularly last winter to really clear her up but at the moment we are at a good stage that I just use the odd dab of hydrocortisone as soon as I notice a bit and this keeps it under control...I'm much more comfortable with this as me and 2 of my sister's have eczema (it's hardly a problem now compared to when we were children) and this is how we controlled it xx

My DD (dear daughter) has it since about 3 months old. She’s 7 now and has largely grown out of it, except in a few areas where it flares up if not moisturised. We saw an allergy consultant when it was really bad (very itchy, bleeding and kept getting infected) and he suggested that we didn’t try to eliminate anything from her diet. I think my DD (dear daughter) just takes after me and is sensitive to more external sources of irritation- suncream, bubble bath etc rather than food. But I have known others where their diet does appear to make a difference. If you can go dairy free and still get enough calcium and it’s working thats great.

My eldest was hospitalised with infected eczema when he was a baby but grew out of it by the time he was a toddler. Youngest has had horrendous eczema. We were under the dermatology department at the hospital for a long time, signed off when things seemed to improve but currently back under them. Things are definitely improving each year though, he is now nearly 9. The only thing that works when things are particularly bad is a week of twice daily very strong steroids followed by a protopic on clear skin to prevent it coming back. We were also told to ignore the use of only a finger-tip of steroid advice and use much more. He also has multiple food allergies and asthma, poor love.

Both DDs have it, but DD1's has always been very mild and I think she may...

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06/10/2018

Both DDs have it, but DD1's has always been very mild and I think she may actually have outgrown it now (4 years next month).
DD2 had it more severe and required several trips to the doctors with infections. We tried every cream going. Cetraben, bathing once a week, and avoiding the sun amd too much heat kept it down, but nothing really worked. Now at 16 months, her skin just feels a bit rough or bumpy to touch, but she doesn't have the sore, itchy, visible eczema she once had. I hope it's gone for good!

Oh, in the summer when we had the heatwave, steroid cream was all that worked. Poor thing has stripey pigmentation over her legs from using steroids so often.

As an adult I get small patches occasionally, especially when run down/ stressed. About a year ago I had a particularly bad episode with weeping eczema all over my hands. A strong steroid cream helped but ever since then, I have constant small patches on hands and legs which flare up then subside (with steroid cream), flare up then subside. I use Aveeno cream daily and steroid cream as soon as a patch starts feeling inflamed. I've tried various other moisturisers but rare Aveeno the most.

I've just started looking into whether there's anything else I can do to try to reduce or prevent it. I'm changing my job in a couple of months which I hope will help with the stress. I'm looking particularly at diet. Apparently eczema is a sign of inflammation in the body and certain foods trigger inflammation while other foods help reduce it. So I'm adjusting my diet to include more anti-inflammatory foods (which are all things good for you anyway like dark green veg, berries etc) and I've started taking fish oil supplements. I'm reducing sugar and alcohol and processed stuff. I figure that even if all this doesn't help the eczema, it will have general health benefits! I'm not yet cutting out dairy but may try it in future to see if it helps.

I am really keen to try to address it at a preventative level rather than just managing it with creams. It's hard though to sift through science and anecdote, and also to find what works for you individually.

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